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OF THE LOUISIANA STATE MEMORIAL in the 
ViCKSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK 

TO THE 

Honor and Glory of Confederate Ju'fera/is, /reino- and dead 

MONDAY, OCTOBER 18TH, 1920 



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STATES REPRESENTED IN THE VICKSBURG CAMPAIGN OF 1863: 









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CONFEDERATE: 

Alabama 

Arkansas 

Florida 

Georgia 

Kentucky 

Louisiana 

Maryland 

Mississippi 

Missouri 

North Carolina 

Soutli Carolina 

Tennessee 

Texas 

Virginia 




Erected und^r the direction of the 
Louisiana Victeburg- Park Memorial 
Commission, created by Act No. 9.j 
of 1918, approved July 3, James D. 
Hill. P. L. DeClouet, Richard N. Rea 
and W. 0. Hart. 



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'The muffled drum's sad roll has beat 

The soldier's last tattoo; 
No more on Life's parade shall meet 

That brave and fallen few; 
On Fame's eternal camping ground 

Their silent tents are spread, 
Arid glory guards, with solemn round, 

The bivouac of the dead." 



UNION: 

Illinois 

Indiana 

Iowa 

Kansas 

Kentucky 

Massachusetts 

Michigan 

Minnesota 

Missouri 

New Hampshire 

New York 

Ohio 

Pennsylvania 

Rhode Island 

West Virginia 

Wisconsin 



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FOR THE BREAKING OF GROUND FOR THE LOUISIANA 
STATE MEMORIAL ON JULY 10, 1919 



Invocation KEV. C. E. WOODSON 

of Christ P. E. Chuvcli. 

Presiding Olfieer CAPTAIN LEWIS GUION 

Confederate Commissioner Vicksburg National Military P^ivk and Captain in the 
Twenty-Sixth Louisiana Infant)-y, which participated in the Vicksburg Cam- 
paign of 1863. 

Address of Welcome ..HON. J. J. HAYES 

Mayor of Vicksburg. 

Music — "The Stai's and Stripes Forever." 

Presentation of Site CAPTAIN W. T. RIGBY 

Chairman of the Vicksburg National Military Park Commission. 
Song — "America." .... 

Acceptance of Site and Address COLONEL J. D. HILL 

President of the Louisiana Vicksburg Park Memorial Commission and Captain in 
the Twenty-Eighth Louisiana Infantry, which participitted in tne Vicksburg 
Campaign of 1863. 

Song — "Louisiana" 

Delivery of Spade for the Breaking of Ground MR. ALFRED F. THEARD 

Engineer of the Louisiana Vicksburg Park Memorial Commission. 

Breaking of Gi'ound 

By COLONEL HILL; CAPTAIN P. L. DeCLOUET, Vice-Pv.-sident.of the Louisiana 
Vicksburg Park Memorial Commission, 'son of Alexander D'eClouet, Colonel 
Twenty-Sixth Infantry during the iirst bombardment of Vicksburg. and who 
served in the Virginia and Tennessee Campaign; and CAPTAIN RICHARD 
N. REA, Treasurer of the Louisiana Vicksburg Park Memorial Commission and 
Member of the Forty-Sixth Missiv^sippi Regiment of Baldwin's Brigade, which 
participated in the Vicksburg Campaign of 1863. 

Song— "Dixie." 

Exhibit of Model of Monument MR. ALBERT WEIBLEN 

President of the Albert Weiblen Marble and Granite Company, contractor for the 
building of the Monument. 

Model unveiled by MRS. O. M. BOATNEP. 

Daughter of Captain Guoin. 

Reading of Telegram to the Governor of Louisiana, "Ground broken today at Vicks- 
burg for Louisiana Confederate Monument" MR. W. O. HAKT 

Secretary of the Louisiana Vicksburg Park Memorial Commission and son of Cap- 
tain Toby Hart, Company "E," Eighth Louisiana Battalion, Heavy Artillery, 
which participated in the Viek.sburg Campaign of 1863. 

Address on behalf of the United States CAPTAIN T. G. BERRIEN 

Commander United States Naval Flotilla. 

Reading of Louisiana Commands in the Vicksburg Campaign of 1863 

GENERAL A. B. BOOTH 

Commissioner Louisiana Military Eecords«and member of Company "K," Third 
Louisiana Infantry, which participated in the Vicksburg Campaign of 1863. 

Benediction REV. M. A. McHALZ 

St. Paul's Catholic Church. 



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LOUISIANA COMMANDS IN THE VICSKBURG CAa'PAIGN OF 1863: 



Third Infantrj' 
Fourth Infantry 
Twelfth Infantry 
Thirteenth Infantry 
Sixteenth Infantry 
Seventeenth Infantry 
Nineteenth Infantry 
'1 tventieth Infantry 
Twenty-First Infantry 
Trt'ent -Fifth Infantry 
Tvve:ity-Sixth Infantry 
Iwenty- Seventh Infantry 
Tweaty-Eiffhth Infantry 
Thirtieth Infantry 
Thirty-First Infantry 
Fourth Battalion 
Fourteenth Battalion Sharp- 
shooters 
F'eitas' Zouave Battalion 
Martin's Independent Cavalry 

Company 
Bead's Co;npany First Heavy 

Artillery 
Bruce's Company First Heavy 

Artillery 
Butler's Company First Heavy 

Artillery 
Capers' Company First Heavy 

Artillery 
Graysjn's Company First 

Heav} Artillery 
Hay nes' Company First Heavy 

Artillery 
Lamon's Company First 

Heavy Artillery 



The First Louisiana Monument in 
Vicksburg .'lilitary Park. 




to the 

Eighth Loui;i';.'ina Battalion, Heavy 

Artillery, 'jrerted by W. O. Hart 

August 5, 1909. 




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Robertson's Company First 

Heavy Artillery 
Barrow's Company of Eighth 

Battalion Heavy Artillery 
Grandpre's Company of 

Eighth Battalion Heavy 

Artillery 
Hart's Company of Eighth 

Battalion Heavy Artillery 
McCrory's Company of Eighth 

Battalion Heavy Artillery 
Comp my "A" Pointe Coupee 



Pointe Coupee 
Pointe Coupee 



Artillery 

Cc.npaTy "'B' 
Artillery 

Company "C 
Artillery 

Fifth Company Washington 
Artillery 

Fenner's Battery 

Djrrlve's Battery 

Gomez's Company of Twenty- 
Second Regiment of Artil- 
lery 

Msrks' Company of Twenty- 
Second Regiment of Artil- 
lery 

Morlot's Company of Twenty- 
Sei'cnd Regiment of Artil- 
lery 

Theard's Company of Twenty- 
Second Regiment of Artil- 
lery 




CAPTAIN lAUL L. DcCLOUET, 

Member Louisiana Vicksbu; g Park 
Memorial Commission. 



CAPTAIN LEWIS GUION, 

of the Twenty-Sixth Louisiana Infan- 
try, Confederate Commissioner of 
the Vicksburg Military Park, ap- 
pointed Juno 9. 1908, and member of 
the Advisory Board of the Louisiana 
Vicksburg Park Memorial Commis- 
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Presiding Officer COLONEL JAMES D. HILL 

President of the Louisiana Vicksburg Park Memorial Commission, and 
Captain in the Tweiity-Eig-hth Louisiana Infantry, which partici- 
pated in the Vicksburg Campaign of 1863. 

Invocation REV. R. H. PROSSER 

Chaplain U. C. V., Louisiana Division. 

Address of Welcome GOVERNOR LEE M. RUSSELL 

Of Mississippi. 

Song, "The Vacant Chairs," 

In Memory of Captain Lewis Guion and Captain P. L. De Clouet. 

Address, "Louisiana's Confederate Soldiers in the War Between the 

States" HON. R. G. PLEASANT 

Governor of Louisiana from 1912 to 1916, and who signed the Act for 
the building of the Memorial. 

Song, "Louisiana." 

Reading of Contents of Corner-Stone, laid September 18, 1920 

GENERAL A. B. BOOTH 

Commissioner Louisiana Military Records and member of Company 
"K," Third Louisiana Infantry, which participated in the Vicks- 
burg Campaign of 1863. 

Reading of Re.sponses to Invitations MR. W. 0. HART 

Secretary of the Louisiana Vicksburg Park Commission, and son of 
Captain Toby Hart, Company "E," Eighth Louisiana Battalion, 
Heavy Artillery, which participated in the Vicksburg Campaign 
of 1863. 

Delivery of the Louisiana State Memorial to the Statue of Louisiana 

CAPTAIN RICH A RD N. RE A 

Treasurer of the Louisiana Vicksburg Park Memorial Commission and 
member of the Forty-Sixth Mississippi Regiment of Baldwin's 
Brigade, which participated in the Vicksburg Campaign of 1863. 

Response and Presentation of the Memorial to the United States 

HON. JOHN M. PARKER 

Governor of Louisiana. 

Song, "Dixie." 

Unveiling- of the Louisiana State Memorial 

MRS. FREDERICK N. OGDEN and MRS. JOHN A. LOGAN, assisted 
bv MR. ALFRED F. THEARD, Engineer of the Louisiana Vicks- 
burg Park Memorial Commission; MR. ALBERT WeIBLEN, 
President of the Albert Weiblen Marble and Granite Company, 
builder of the Memorial; MR. R. D. BETTS, Engineer for tiie 
Vicksburg National Military Park Commission; CAPTAIN F. L. 
RICHARDSON, Fifth Company, Washington; Artillery, and J. W. 
NOYES, Ffenner's Battery. • 

Acceptance of the Louisiana State Memorial for the United States 

: HON. NEWTON D. BAKER 

Secretary of War. 

COLONEL HENRY CLAY NEWCOMER Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army 
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Song, "The Call of the Flag." 

Memorial Ode Written and read by MISS ETHEL MAY GUTMANiN 

Of New Orleans. 

To the Lcuisiana State Memorial 
In the Vicksburg National Military Park 

Lofty, impressive, alcne it stands, 
o- Scarce seeming the work of human hands, 

A mighty pillar, white as snow. 
Like a Greek column of long ago ; 
Such as was seen in the Parthenon, 
The ]>ride of Athenians in ages gone. 
On high, the incense cast on brazier flame 
Burns bright for those who, unknown to fame, 
Served nobly under the Southern banner, 
The gallant dead from our Louisiana. 
May the flame keep bright, in our heart and thought. 
Memories of those who so bravely fought. 
May it help us to lead a nobler life. 
Loving all mankind, keep us free from strife. 

"A Voice from the Blue" CAPTAIN F. A. ROZIENE 

Of Illinois, Chairman of the National Association of Vicksburg Vet- 
erans. 

Song, "Silver Threads Among the Gold." 

Louisiana's Work in the Vicksburg National Military Park — 

Described by CAPTAIN W. T. PJGBY 

Chairman of the Vicksburg National Military Park Commission. 

Monuments : 

Thirteen in honor of the following Louisiana Commands: Eighth 
Heavy Artillery Battalion ; First Heavy Artillery ; Twenty-Second 
Infantry, ^'om^anies B and Mark's ; Pointe Coupee Artillery, Com- 
pany C; Pointe Coupee Artillery, Company A; Dupeire's Zouaves, 
Battalion commanded by Capt. J. B. Fleitas; Pointe Coupee Artil- 
lery (Company B), Twenty-First Infantry; Twenty-Second In- 
fantry (Companies C and D) ; Third Infantry; Twenty-Seventh 
Infantry; Twenty-Eighth Infantry; Twenty-Sixth Infantry; Sev- 
enteenth Infantry and Thirty-First Infantry; and to the com- 
mands in Johnston's Army. 

Portrait Tablets : 

Ten: Genrrals Hebert, Higgins, Richardson, Shoup, and Thomas; 
Colonel Marks, Major Martin, Lieutenant-Colonels Grift'in, Mc- 
Laurin and Rogers. 
Song, "The End of a Perfect Day." 

Benediction : REV. J. H. WHITE 

Chaplain First Mississippi Division, V. C. V. 
"THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER." 

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CONTENTS OF THE CORNER STONE | 

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LOUISIANA STATE MEMORIAL 

TO 

CONFEDERATE VETERANS 

IN THE 

Vicksburg National Military Park 
Placed Saturday, September 18th, 1920 



«. 1. Copy of the Act of the General Assembly of Louisiana, No. 05 of 1918, approved 

July 3rd, for the building- of the Louisiana State Memorial in the Vicksburg National 
Military Park, and roster of the Genei'al Assembly which adopted the Act. 

2. Copy of the contract with the Albert Weiblen Marble and Granite Company for 
the building- of the Louisiana State Memorial in the Vicksburg National Military Park 
June 18, 1919, and copies of plans. 

3. Program of breaking ground for the Louisiana State Memorial in the Vicks- 
burg National Park, containing- a picture of the Memorial. 

4. Portrait of Major Paul Louis De Clouet, a member of the Louisiana Viebsburg 
Park Memorial Commission, and who died on September 19, 1919. 

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^ 5. Account of the funeral of Major Paul Louis De Clouet. 

^ 6. Portrait of Capt. Louis Guion, Confederate Commissioner of the Vicksburg: 

National Military Park and member of the Advisory Committee of the Louisiana Vicks- 
burg Park Memorial Commission, and who died on January 12, 1920. 

7. Copy of invitation to Dedication of Louisiana State Memorial in Vicksburg 
National Military Park, October 18, 1920. 

8. Commemorative Ode, written by Miss May Ethel Gutmann, and to be read by 
her at the Dedication of the Louisiana State Memorial in the Vicksburg National Mili- 
tary Park on October 18, 1920. 

9. State Flag of Louisiana, officially adopted by Act No. 39 of 1912, approved 
July 1st. 

10. Official Flag of the City of New Orleans, adopted by the Commission Council, 
Ordinance C. C. S. 4889, February .5, 1918. 

$ 11. Coins of the United States of 1920: 

f Half dollar. 

4 Quarter dollar. 

fDime. 
Five cents. 
^ One cent. 

Y 12. Portrait of Major Fi'ederick Na-nh Ogden, who commanded the Eighth Louis- 

X iana Battalion, Heavy Artillery, in the Vicksburg Campaign, who died May 25, 1S8C. 

13. Account of the funeral of Major Frederick Nash Ogden. 

14. Portrait of Capt. Toby Hart (father of W. 0. Hart), of Company E, Eighth 
Louisiana Battalion, Heavy Artillery, v.hich sen'ed in the Vicksburg- Campaign, and a 
member of the Commission which selected the site for the Louisiana State Memorial, ^ 
and who died on December 17, 1907. ^ 

15. Portrait of Colonel J. D. Hill, President, and portrait of W. 0. Hart, Secretary, ^ 
Louisiana Vicksburg- Park Memorial Commission. -^ 



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nnio-r, of i^r'A**"'-!! °^, \^'^ Y'fu'H?''^ National Military Park and of the Vicksburg Cam- 
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20 Copies of Acts of the General Assembly of Louisiana, No. 76 of 1902 approved 
July i,th, and No. l,il of 1904, approved July 5tn, authorizing the appolntAien? of a 
Commission to ascertam and exactly determine the position oi Louisiana Troops in the 
Ueiense of Vicksburg. ' 

21. Reports of the Louisiana Commissioner (General A. B. Booth, member of the 
Advisory Committee ol the Louisiana Vicksburg Park Memorial Commission) charged 
v.ith the compilation of Confederate Military Records for 1918 and 1920. 

22. Copy of the New Orleans Item of Saturday, September 18, 1920. 

2.3. Copy of the New Orleans States of Saturday, September 18, 1920. 

• ^o ,Copy of the Vicksburg Herald of September IS, 1920, and the Vicksb 
ning Pest oi September 18, 1920. 



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Park Memorial Commission: 



25. Group Picture of the Louisiana Vicksbur^ 

Col. J. D. Hill, President. 

Capt. Richard N. Rea, Treasurer. 

W. O. Hart, Secretary. 

Capt. W. T. Rigby, Chairman of the Vicksburg National Military Park 
Commission and member of the Advisory Committee of the Louisiana 
Vicksburg Park Memorial Commission. 

A. F. Theard, Engineer Louisiana Vicksburg Park Memorial Com- 
mission. 

R. D. Betts, Engineer for the Vicksburg National Military Park Com- 
mission. 

„, 26. Portrait of Capt. Richard N. Rea, Treasurer of the Louisiana Vicksburo- Park 
Memorial Commission. 

* «^'^"u C^P^'^s of the Vicksburg Herald of July 10 and 11, 1919, containing accounts 
ot the breakmg ol the ground for the Louisiana State Memorial in the Vicksbure Na- 
tional Military Park on July 10, 1S19. 

28. Pieces of shell, cap.3, bullets, knife with initials "P. D." and other relics found 
in making excavations for the foundation of the Louisiana State Memorial. 

29. Report of the Vicksburg National Military Park Commission for 1919. 

^ l°\ Vicksburg for the Tourists (1917), containing pictures of many monuments 
and buate Memorials m the Vicksburg National Military Park. 

31. Dedication of the Statue of Lieut. Gen. Stephen D. Lee, C. S. A., in the Vicks- 
burg National Military Park on June 11, 1909, containing picture of the Statue. 

32. Dedication of the Virginia Tablet in the Vicksburg National Jlilitary Park on 
Novemcer 22, 1907, contai.iing address of Miss Mary Johnston, daughter of Capt John 
\V. Johnston, commandiiig Botetourt, Virginia Artillery, and author of "To Have and 
to Hoid, Cease Firing," '"Tiio t r>,i™ t?^,ii » „„j „<-!,„ .,..i_, 

33. Portrait of Capt, 
Park Commission. 

34. Portrait of General Stephen D. Lee. 

35. Picture of General Pemberton's Headquarters. 

36. Certificate of Contents of Comer-Stone of the Louisiana State Memoria 
Saturday, September 18, 1920. 

(Signed) 

LOUISIANA VICKSBURG PARK 
MEMORIAL COMMISSION, 
J. D. Hill, President. 
Richard H. Rea, Treasurer. 
W. O. Hart, Secretary. 

W. T. Rigby, Member of Advisory Committee. 
A. F. Theard, Engineer of Commission. 
Albert Weiblen, Builder of the Monument. 

R. D. Betts, Engineer for the Vicksburg National Military Park 
Commission. 



The Long Roll," and other works. 

W. T. Rigby, Chairman of the Vicksburg National Military 



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"THE CALL OF THE FLAG" 



"DIXIE" 



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Our flag is the red, white and blue, 

We will live and die for it, too; 

Our guide and our motto for death or for life, 

Leading on through danger and strife. 

Each one would our honor save. 

On high may our Stars and Stripes wave. 

Our flag is flying o'er ocean and land, 

Proclaiming for freedom we stand. 

Our Country was calling, they answered its call! 
Our Nation demanded we give it our all! 
Our flag we unfurled o'er mountain and sea. 
The flag which belongs to the land of the free. 



I wish I was in de land ob cotton, 

Old times dar am not forgotten. 
Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixie Land! 

In Dixie Land, whar I was born in, 

Early on one frosty mornin', 
Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixie Land! 

Den I wish I 'vas in Dixie! Hooray, hooray! 

In Dixie Land I'll take my stand, to lib an', die in Dixie. 

Away, away, away down South in Dixie! 

Away, away, away down South in Dixie! 



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■LOUISIANA" 

"Land of the brave, aye, the gallant and bold, 

Louisiana. 
Home of the lads with hearts good as gold, 

Louisiana. 
Unequaled in beauty the great wide world o'er; 
The names of thy sons reach from shore to shore; 
Yea, the names of thy sons reach from shore to shore; 

Ijouisiana. 

"Blest are the mortals whose feet touch thy strand, 

Louisiana. 
Home of my childhood, imperial land, 

Louisiana. 
Thy rich, fertile soil is forever renoun'd; 
Thy forests in numerous trees still abound; 
Thy melodious songs, unsurpassed, aye, in sound, 

Louisiana. 

"Mild are the winters that visit thy shore, 

Louisiana. 
Beautiful birds through thy balmy air soar, 

Louisiana. 
Leader of all, bright and glorious land. 
Pray, tell me the country which with thee can stand, 
For surely thy fields have been touched by God's hand 

Louisiana." 



"THE VACANT CHAIR" 

We shall meet, but we shall miss them. 

There will be two vacant chairs; 
We shall linger to caress them, 

While we breathe our evening prayers. 
When a year ago we gathered, 

Joy was in each mild blue eye. 
But a golden cord is severed, 

And our hopes in ruin lie. 

We shall meet, but -Ave shallrniss them. 
There will be two vacant chairs; 

We shall linger to caress them, 

When v,e breathe our evening prayers. 



SILVER THREADS AMONG THE GOLD" 

Darling, we are growing old, 
Silver threads among the gold 
Shine upon our brows to-day; 
Life is fading fast away. 

Yet my darling you will be, will be 
Always young and fair to me; 
Yes, my darling, you will be 
Always young and fair to me. 



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"THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER" 

Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light. 

What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming, 
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight, 
O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming ? 
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, 
Gave proof thro' the night that our flag was still there. 
Oh, say, does that Star-Spangled Banner yet wave 
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave ? 

Oh, thus be it ever when freemen shall stand ( 

Between their loved homes and the war's desolation; 
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n-rescued land 

Praise the Pow'r that Lath made and prcsei-ved us a nation! 
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, 
And this he our motto: "In God is our trust!" 
And the Star-Spangled Banner in triumph shall wave 
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave. 



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Breaking of Ground for the Monument to Louisiana 

Confederate Soldiers, in the War Between the States, to be 

Erected in the Vicksburg National Military Park, 

THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1919, 10 A. M. 



The First Louisiana Monument in the Vicksburg 
Military I'ark. 



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To the Eighth Louisiana Battalion, 
Heavy Artillery. 

Erected by W. 0. HAKT, August 5, 1909. 



"The muffled dium's sad roll has b?at 

The soldier's last tattoo; 
No more on Life's parade shall meet 

That brave and fallen few; 
On Fame's eternal camping ground 

Their silent tents are spread, 
And glory guards, with solemn round, 

Th.e bivouac of the dead." 



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Presiding- Officer...: _ _.._ CAPTAIN LEWIS GUION 

Confederate Commissioner Vicksburg National Military Park and Captain in the 
Tvventv-Sixth Louisiana Infantry, which participated in the Vicksburg Cam- 
paign of 1863. 

Invocation— REV. C. E. WOODSON 

of Christ P. E. Church 

Music — "The Stars and Stripes Forever." 

Presentation of Site _ CAPTAIN W. T. RIGBY 

Chairman of the Vcksburg National Military Park Commission. 

Song — "America." 

Acceptance of Site and Address -..._ _ COLONEL J. D. HILL 

President of the Louisiana Vicksburg Park Memorial Commission and Captain in 
the Twenty-Eighth Louisiana Infantry, which participated in the Vicksburg 
Campaign of 1863. 

Song — "Louisiana." 

Delivery of Spade for the Breaking of Ground MR. ALFRED F. THEARD 

Engineer of the Louisiana Vicksburg Park Memorial Commission. 

Breaking of Ground 

By COLONEL HILL; CAPTAIN P. L. DeCLOUET, Vice-President of the Louis- 
iana Vicksburg- Park Memoiial Commission, son of Alexander DeClouet, Colonel 
Twenty-Sixth Infantry during the first bombardment of Vicksburg, and who 
served in the Virginia and Tennessee Campaigns; and CAPTAIN RICHARD 
N. REA, Treasurer of the Louisiana Vicksburg Park Memorial Commission and 
Member of the Forty-Sixth Mississippi Regiment of Baldwin's Brigade, which 
participated in the Vicksburg Campaign of 1863. 

Song— "Dixie." 

Exhibit of Model of Monument MR. ALBERT WEIBLEN 

President of the Albert Weiblen Marble and Granite Company, contractor for the 
building of the Monument. 

Model unveiled by MRS. O. M. BOATNER, daughter of Captain Guion. 

Reading of Telegram to the Governor of Louisiana, "Ground broken today at Vicks- 
burg for Louisiana Confederate Monument" ! MR. W. O. HART 

Secretary of the Louisiana Vicksburg Park Memorial Commission and son of Cap- 
tain Toby Hart. Company "E," Eighth Louisiana Battalion, Heavy Artillery, 
which participated in the Vicksburg Campaig-n of 18G3. 

Address of Welcome HON. J. J. HAYES 

Mayor of Vick.sburg. 

Address on behalf of the State of Louisiana. ..ADJUTANT-GENERAL C. C. McCRORY 

Address on behalf of the United States - CAPTAIN T. G. BERRIEN 

Commander United States Naval Flotilla. 

Reading of Louisiana Commands in the Vicksburg Campaign of 1863 

GENERAL A. B. BOOTH 

Commissioner Louisiana Military Records and Member of Company "K," Third Lou- 
isiana Infantry, which participated in the Vicksburg Campaign of 18C3. 

Benediction --- - REV. M.A. McHALE 

St. Paul's Catholic Church. 



AMERICA. 

My country, 'tis of thee, 
Sweet land of liberty. 

Of thee I sing; 
Land where my fathers died. 
Land of the pilgrim's pride. 
From every mountain side 

Let freedom ring. 

Our fathers' God! to Thee, 
Author of Liberty, 

To Thee we sing; 
Lon"- may our land be bright 
With freedom's holy light; 
Protect us by Thy might, 
Great God, our King! 

God bless and keep our men, 
Our gallant fighting men; 

0, guard our men. 
They are victorious, 
Their valor glorious; 
They are so dear to us, 

God save our men ! 



DIXIE. 

I wish I was in de land ob cotton. 
Old times dar am not forgotten. 

Look away! Look aw^y! Look away! DLxie 
Land! 
In Dixie Land whar I was bom in, 
Early on one frosty morning'. 

Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixie 
Land! 

Choinis : 
Den I wish I was in Dixie! Hooray, hooray! 
In Dixie Land I'll take my stand, to lib an' die in 

Dixie. 
Away, away, away down South in Dixie! 
Away, away, away down South in Dixie! 



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LOUISIANA. 

(Words by Mrs. Lilita Lever Younge.) 
(Music by Miss Mary Leigh Guion.) 
1. 
Hail fair Louisiana, 

Land of romance and song! 
Proudly waves thy stainless banner, 

Down the ages borne along; 
Standard famed in rhyme and story, 

Floating free o'er hill and vale. 
Time nor tide can dim thy glory; 
Louisiana, hail ! 

Choius: 
Hail, Louisiana! 

Land of the mocking-bird. 
Hail. Louisiana! 

Where the redbird's note is heard. 
I love thy grass-green meadow lands. 

Deep glen and shady dell; 
Thy name for all that's dearest stands. 

Louisiana, hail ! 



2. 
Hail, land of bud and blossom. 

Golden harvest, fruitful vine! 
On thy river's heaving bosom 

Skies of azui-e softly shine. 
O'er each foe that would have bound thee, 

In thy strength thou did.st prevail. 
May God save thee and surround thee. 

Louisiana, hail! 

THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER. 

Oh, say, can you see. bv the dawn's early light, 
Vhat so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming. 
Whose broad stripes and bright .stars, thro' the perilous fight. 
O'er the rampai'ts we watched were so gallantly streaming? 
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air. 
Gave proof thro' the night that our flag was still there. 
Oh, say, does that Star-Spangled Banner yet wave 
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave ? 

Oh, thus be it ever when freemen shall stand. 

Between their loved homes and the war'."! desolation; 
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n-rescued land 

Praise the Pow'r that hath made and pre.served us a nation! 
Then conauer we must, when our cau.se it is just, 
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust!" 
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave 
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave. 



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LOUISIANA COMMANDS IN THE VICKSBURG CAMPAIGN 

OF 1863, 
TinRD INFANTRY. 
FOURTH INFANTRY. 

TWELFTH INFANTRY. , 

THIRTEENTH LNFANTRY. 
SIXTEENTH INFANTRY. 
SEVENTEENTH INFANTRY. 
NINETEENTH INFANTRY. 
TWENTIETH INFANTRY. 
TWENTY-FIRST INFANTRY. 
TWENTY-FIFTH INFANTRY. 
TWENTY-SIXTH INFANTRY. 
TWENTY-SEVENTH INFANTRY. 
TWENTY-EIGHTH INFANTRY. 
THIRTIETH INFANTRY. 
THIRTY-FIRST INFANTRY. 
FOURTH BATTALION. 

FOURTEENTH BATTALION OF SHARPSHOOTERS. 
FLETTAS' ZOUAVE BATTALION. 
MARTIN'S INDEPENDENT CAVALRY COMPANY. 
BOND'S COMPANY FIRST HEAVY ARTILLERY. 
BRUCE'S COMPANY FIRST HEAVY ARTILLERY. 
BUTLER'S COMPANY FIRST HEAVY ARTILLERY. 
CAPERS' COMPANY FIRST HEAVY ARTILLERY. 
GRAYSON'S COMPAN Y FIRST HEAVY ARTILLERY. 
HAYNES' COMPANY FIRST HEAVY ARTILLERY. 
LAMON'S COMPANY FIRST HEAVY ARTILLERY. 
ROBERTSON'S COMPANY FIRST HEAVY ARTILLERY. 
BARROW'S COMPANY OF EIGHTH BATTALION HEAVY 

ARTILLERY. 
GRANDPRE'S COMPANY OF EIGHTH BATTALION HEAVY 

ARTILLERY. 
HART'S COMPANY OF EIGHTH BATTALION HEAVY AR- 
TILLERY. 
McCRORY'S COMPANY OF EIGHTH BATTALION HEAVY 

ARTILLERY. 
COMPANY "A" POINTE COUEPE ARTILLERY. 
COMPANY "B" POINTE COUPEE ARTILLERY. 
COMPANY "C" POINTE COUPEE ARTILLERY. 
FIFTH COMPANY WASHINGTON ARTILLERY. 
FENNER'S BATTERY. 
DURRIVE'S BATTERY. 
GOMEZ'S COMPANY OF TWENTY-SECOND REGIMENT OF 

ARTILLERY. 
MARKS' COMPANY OF TWENTY-SECOND REGIMENT OF 

ARTILLERY. 
MORLOT'S COMPANY OF TWENTY-SECOND REGIMENT 

OF ARTILLERY. 
THEARD'S COMPANY OF TWENTY-SECOND REGIMENT 

OF ARTILLERY. 




